Hyatt vs. Marriott: A House Divided by Michelle Molloy February 9, 2020 101 Our family has long been loyal to Marriott, too long as far as I'm concerned. I've decided that it is time for us to move our loyalty over to Hyatt – but this requires my reluctant husband to switch over his business travel. I'm outlining my case for making the move here, are you convinced?
Marriott Will No Longer Give 10 Elite Night Credits For 1st Meeting by Joe Petrovic December 30, 2019 40 Earning Elite Night Credits under Marriott Bonvoy is changing and you will no longer earn 10 Elite Night Credits for your first meeting. See the post for details.
Breaking: Marriott Data Breach Affects 500 Million Guests by Sam Helmy November 30, 2018 70 Marriott revealed today that it has suffered a huge data breach which potentially compromises the data of up to 500 million guests who had booked a reservation with a Starwood property prior to September 10, 2018.
Marriott Gold and Platinum Status Challenge by Sam Helmy September 17, 2018 8 Marriott has announced a status match challenge; very similar to the Starwood status challenge from last year. This time around the match requires 8 or 16 stays, which is lower than the 9 or 18 stays needed for the SPG challenge. Unfortunately, there is no link to the offer, and you will have to call up to register.
Amex Membership Rewards Transfers To Marriott Rewards by Sam Helmy August 27, 2018 27 You can now transfer American Express Membership Rewards to Marriott Rewards. Points transfer at the same 1:1 ratio as they do to Marriott Rewards. The addition was to be expected as Starwood was a long-term partner of Amex, and as the programs merged it made sense to add Marriott.
SPG & Marriott: Big Changes To Award Categories in 2018 by Sam Helmy February 12, 2018 62 Both SPG and Marriott have announced a slew of changes to the categories of their properties. This year’s changes impact 276 SPG properties, and a stifling number of Marriott properties: over 1,300 are changing category. Although Marriott now owns Starwood, the changes to SPG hotels are relatively benign with roughly the same number of properties going up as going down in category.
